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Health Canada says stronger warnings about the risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviours are being added to prescribing information for all drugs used to manage attention deficit hyperactivity disorder...

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NEW YORK, N.Y. - Since Apple shook up the music world with iTunes a little more than a decade ago, online music has exploded and become the central way many people enjoy and discover music. Internet services...

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The condo lifestyle is catching on in North America, especially for people who want to stay central and enjoy all the perks of big-city living. The catchphrase these days is "build up, not out," as big...

Politicians are fond of talking about public finance in corn-pone terms, a mix of homely analogies and folk wisdom, the better to make themselves understood, or misunderstood, by the bumpkins they imagine voted for them.

It's no secret that the strengthening U.S. consumer base presents opportunities for investors, especially given the lacklustre global economy, but any future growth will depend on how long it continues to rally.

Falling oil stocks helped pull the Toronto stock market lower Wednesday as further signs of rising crude inventories in the U.S. sent oil prices tumbling. The SP/TSX composite index dropped 67.23 points to 14,995.65, paced by a 4% drop in the energy sector.

James Robertson's Honda Accord quit on him 10 years ago, and since then he's been unable to afford a car. He lives in Detroit, but works in Rochester Hills, Mich., about 23 miles away. How does he get there? Well, the bus takes him part of the way, but he has to walk the rest of the commute to get to his US$10-an-hour job. He schleps a total of 21 miles a day. Every workday. And has for 10 years.

As a guy who built heating systems for spacesuits, Mark Aramli found it perplexing that there was no good way to get the temperature right for his mom when she was laid up during a recent Rhode Island winter.

Russia's financial crisis is slowly yet surely spilling into Europe. From the Swiss central bank's decision on Thursday to impose its first negative deposit rate since the 1970s to repel inflows of rubles and Bayerische Motoren Werke AG shifting cars that were destined for Russia elsewhere to the slump in the value of BP PLC's stake in oil company OAO Rosneft, Europe is discovering it's not immune to the mounting woes of its eastern neighbour.

On Nov. 25, 2014, Linda Hasenfratz, chief executive of Linamar Corp., was named EY Entrepreneur of the Year - the first woman to hold the national title in the event's 21-year history. Four days later, 13 investment analysts covering the company affirmed the win with a consensus forecast that the Guelph, Ont.-based auto-parts manufacturer would outperform the market.

A spectre is haunting Canada, a growing crisis that left unaddressed could tear this country apart. The questions it raises go to the heart of our existence together as a nation; the issues it touches are fundamental, yet pregnant with ambiguity.